Studs Terkel and Civil Rights

Bring the power of audio to your high school classroom!

To commemorate women’s history month, we are offering a free lesson plan built around Pulitzer-Prize winning radio journalist Studs Terkel and his 1970 interview with women’s rights activists Mary Jean Collins-Robson, Jo Freeman, and Naomi Weisstein.

Download the free lesson plans for high school teachers and students and use the audio link shown to conduct the unit in your classroom. To be part of our Studs Terkel pilot program, please fill out the form below.

In partnership with the Studs Terkel Radio Archive, WFMT Radio Network, and Chicago History Museum, the Great Books Foundation is proud to provide this powerful interview and accompanying content, empowering your students to listen, read, write, and discuss critical civil rights issues.

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Civil rights (two units—one with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, who organized grassroots civil rights campaigns throughout the South; and one with Nathan Wright Jr., author of Black Power and Urban Unrest: Creative Possibilities)